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stuff.co.nz FEBRUARY 25, 2016, CHRISTCHURCH MAIL Spirit returns to Lyttelton JOEL INESON Four Canterbury students are among a team of 40 on the world’s busiest youth ship’s first berth in Lyttelton for three years. The Spirit of New Zealand, a three-masted barquentine, spent about 340 days a year at sea as schools of young people took part in its development programme. Participants would start their day with a dip in the ocean, yearround, before learning how to navigate and sail a ship in open waters and ideally develop lifelong transferable skills. When the ship departs on Friday, students from Christchurch Boys High, Rangiora High, Hurunui College, Mt Hutt College, Ashburton College and Geraldine High would be among those on board when the ship set sail. Rangiora High School student Thomas Warming-Smith had sailed on the Spirit of Adventure after finding out about the voyage at school. He said the trip helped him learn to ‘‘not sweat the small stuff’’ and overcome an ‘‘ironic’’ fear of heights that may have otherwise got in the way of his goal of one day becoming a pilot. ‘‘I naturally tend to worry about things but now I can see the bigger picture of a situation. That learning wasn’t from a particular thing that happened either. It was Crew members take a dip on the Spirit of New Zealand ship, which visits Lyttelton Harbour on Thursday. a gradual process over the [10] days.’’ Warming-Smith said he had ‘‘countless highlights and memorable moments’’ from his trip. The Spirit of Adventure Trust, which owns the ship and bases operations out of Auckland, usually used the Hauraki Gulf as its main sailing area but planned country-wide travel every two or three years. Communication and market- ing adviser Summer Jenkins said on their current tour the ship had visited Napier, Wellington, Nelson, Dunedin and Bluff, offering public sailing trips at each location. ‘‘It’s an opportunity for participants to experience the New Zealand coastline and for the Spirit to connect with communities around the country. ‘‘We have a public sailing on Thursday afternoon in Lyttelton but that sold out weeks ago, proving there is strong Spirit support in the Canterbury region.’’ Newstart as recreation centre opens The Lyttelton community has welcomed the double opening of the newly-repaired Lyttelton Recreation Centre and the new temporary Lyttelton Library in the adjacent Trinity Hall. Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Banks Peninsula councillor Andrew Turner officially reopened the recreation centre last week, which has been closed for earthquake repairs since December 2011. Mayor Dalziel said the Lyttel- ton Recreation Centre played a big part in the everyday, prequake life in Lyttelton. ‘‘Before it closed in December 2011, the centre would get more than 22,000 bookings each year, and served as the primary Civil Defence Emergency Centre for Lyttelton,’’ she said. ‘‘Now it’s back, and the com- munity has a familiar space for activities and for meeting up. Lyttelton has real cause to celebrate with us this weekend.’’ The centre’s sports hall doubles as a large assembly space for events and supports basketball, badminton, volleyball, indoor football, indoor bowls, dance, yoga, pilates, group exercise. The temporary Lyttelton Library opened on February 15 and will remain until repairs are completed on the permanent Lyttelton Library. Mayor Lianne Dalziel addresses people gathered for the Lyttelton Recreation Centre official re-opening on February 20. PHOTO: MICK STEPHENSON/SUPPLIED In brief SHAKESPEARE RULES As 2016 marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, tutorials, seminars and workshops are being held around the world to mark and honour the renowned playwright. In Christchurch, the Canterbury StudentDirector’s Workshop is coaching passionate arts students for the Canterbury Shakespeare Festival inMarch, thanks to funding of an ASB Performing Arts Community Grant. HOUSING TRUST Christchurch City Council has completed the first key step in setting up a charitable trust that is proposed to take over management of its social housing service in the second half of this year. Seven trustees have been confirmedfor the newOtautahi Community Housing Trust, which is made up of three council trustees: deputy mayorVicki Buck, with councillors Andrew Turner and Paul Lonsdale. QUAKE SIMULATION University of Canterbury professor in Earthquake Engineering Brendon Bradley has, using UC’s Blue Gene supercomputer, simulated the ground shaking from the February 14 earthquake. Professor Bradley uses amodel that has been extensively validated in the previous Canterbury earthquakes to create the simulation. GOLD FOR RANGI RURU The Rangi Ruru ‘‘Gold’’ Equestrian ShowJumping team has been placed first at the Canterbury Interschools Champs held at the National Equine Centre on McLeans Island. Having last won this competition in 2008 and up against an extremely strong field of 30 teams,with many nationally competitive riders. INGHAM LAZY SUNDAYS SPECIAL CONCERT Thousands of kiwis have attended the Ingham Lazy Sundays concert series in Christchurch during January and February. This year summer an extra concert is scheduled for February 28. 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